# Aviv Shapira: founder, XTEND

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Co-founder and CEO of XTEND, an Israeli AI-powered robotics and drone operating-system company founded in 2018. Former Israeli Air Force missile test director; co-founded Replay Technologies (sold to Intel for ~00M, two Emmy Awards) and later founded Intel Sports. XTEND has raised ~0M and supplies AI-driven drones to the IDF and 32 countries.

- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (2)

- [XTEND](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xtend.md) Co-founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [XTEND](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xtend.md) Co-founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-903877
2. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-drone-maker-aviv-shapira-dreams-of-a-wall-street-ipo-1001520867
3. https://www.xtend.me/


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